
The Last Train to Zona Verde
My Ultimate African Safari
Boston : Mariner Books, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First Mariner books edition.
Description: 353 pages : maps ; 21 cm
The world's most acclaimed travel writer journeys through western Africa from Cape Town to the Congo.
Contents:
Among the unreal people -- The train from Khayelitsha -- Cape Town: The spirit of the Cape -- The night bus to Windhoek -- Night train from Swakopmund -- The bush track to Tsumkwe -- Ceremony at the crossroads -- Among the real people -- Riding an elephant: The ultimate safari -- The hungry herds at Etosha -- The frontier of bad karma -- Three pieces of chicken -- Volunteering in Lubango -- The slave yards of Benguela -- Luanda: The improvised city -- "This is what the world will look like when it ends" -- What am I doing here?
Subjects:
Theroux, Paul -- Travel -- Namibia.
Theroux, Paul -- Travel -- Angola.
Theroux, Paul -- Travel -- South Africa.
Namibia -- Description and travel.
South Africa -- Description and travel.
Angola -- Description and travel.
Theroux, Paul -- Travel -- Namibia.
Theroux, Paul -- Travel -- Angola.
Theroux, Paul -- Travel -- South Africa.
Namibia -- Description and travel.
South Africa -- Description and travel.
Angola -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780544227934
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TRAVEL Writing The | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |